Herbert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol

Who was Herbert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol?

Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol, styled Lord Herbert Hervey from 1907 to 1951, was a British peer. He succeeded his brother Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol in 1951.

The 5th Marquess was the fifth son of Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey, MP for West Suffolk, and Mariana, née Hodnett. Lord Augustus Hervey was the younger brother of Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol, and the younger son of Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol.

Hervey was educated at Clifton College. He married twice:

19 October 1914, Lady Jean Alice Elaine Cochrane, daughter of the 12th Earl of Dundonald, and had one son, Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol.

15 December 1952, Dora Frances, only daughter of George Marshall, and widow of Don Pedro de Zulueta.

In 1892 Hervey joined H.M. Diplomatic Service, becoming Consul in Chile in 1892 for three years. For a year he served as chargé d'affaires at Montevideo and Guatemala, and was Consul in Abyssinia from 1907 to 1909.